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ORIGIN AND KINEMATICS OF THE ERUPTIVE FLOW FROM XZ TAU REVEALED BY ALMA
- Source :
- The Astrophysical Journal. 811:L4
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- American Astronomical Society, 2015.
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Abstract
- We present high angular resolution ($\sim$0.94$"$) $^{12}$CO(1-0) Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations obtained during the 2014 long baseline campaign from the eruptive bipolar flow from the multiple XZ Tau stellar system discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). These observations reveal, for the first time, the kinematics of the molecular flow. The kinematics of the different ejections close to XZ Tau reveal a rotating and expanding structure with a southeast-northwest velocity gradient. The youngest eruptive bubbles unveiled in the optical HST images are inside of this molecular expanding structure. Additionally, we report a very compact and collimated bipolar outflow emanating from XZ Tau A, which indicates that the eruptive outflow is indeed originating from this object. The mass (3 $\times$ 10$^{-7}$ $M_\odot$) and energetics (E$_{kin}$ $=$ 3 $\times$ 10$^{37}$ ergs) for the collimated outflow are comparable with those found in molecular outflows associated with young brown dwarfs.<br />Comment: Accepted to ApJ Letters
- Subjects :
- Physics
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Brown dwarf
FOS: Physical sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Submillimeter Array
Stars
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Free molecular flow
Space and Planetary Science
Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
Bipolar outflow
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Millimeter
Angular resolution
Outflow
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20418213
- Volume :
- 811
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5e7f3f4d2b408043c51ca22dbf227003